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Top 10 Kurlan Sales Articles of 2013

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan. Also, I did not include the article that was awarded a Gold Medal for Top Sales & Marketing Article of 2013 earlier this week. Here they are in no particular order - My Top 10 Articles of 2013: SALES. The Key to Powerful Sales Conversations.

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Power, Politics, and Benchmarking Influence Strategy in 2013

SBI Growth

In Business Services companies, Operations executives usually have more power than Sales executives. Operations leaders often have a disproportionate amount of influence over Sales functions. Most key leaders “grew up” in Operations. Sales executives, by contrast, are often viewed as wanting to take foolish risks.

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How BMW Would Have Benefited from Social Selling

SBI Growth

Sales Operations leaders have seen the power of Social Selling. Sales cycles that begin with an online referral are closing more rapidly. Corporate Communications sees inherent risk in mobilizing a social sales force. Implementing a successful sales transformation. Finance has told you there’s no budget.

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Sales Execution - What Should You Pay Attention to?

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan This is the 8th article in a January series on the Architecture of the Sales Force. Here are the others: Organic Sales Growth and Its Impact on Sales Architecture. Overlooked Conversation Between Sales Managers and Salespeople. Why is that?

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PowerViews with Linda Richardson: Responding To vs Shaping vs Creating Demand

Pointclear

I am pleased to have as my guest today Linda Richardson, the founder and chairwoman of Richardson, a global sales performance company that delivers sales process strategies, curricula and tools to help salespeople drive more positive business outcomes. The New Selling Landscape Calls for a New Sales Map.

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Sell as a team – plan as a team

Sales Training Connection

Let’s assume you are about to make a team sales call. Before the team makes the sales call there are three important things to do: Pre-Call Plan, Rehearse, and Determine Who is Doing What. The risk is not leveraging the potential power of all the members of the team. Rehearse key calls. Determine who is doing what.

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Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

Sales Hacker

Welcome to Sales Hacker’s first-ever Influential Women in Sales list! In this exclusive list, we wanted to honor not just female leaders that promote their own sales platform (no shame in that!) They say “You can’t be what you can’t see,” and the sales floor is no exception.